itance of his zemindary by the grants through
Captain Harper, but that the preceding treaty of Allahabad, though
literally expressing no more than a security personal to Bulwant Sing,
did, notwithstanding, in the true sense and import thereof, extend to
his posterity; "and that it had been differently understood" (that is,
not literally) "by the Company, and by this administration; and the
Vizier had _before_ put it out of all dispute by the solemn act passed
in the Rajah's favor on his succession to the zemindary."

V. That the Council, in their instructions to the said Governor
Hastings, did empower him "to _renew_, in behalf of the Rajah Cheyt
Sing, the stipulation which was formerly made with the Vizier in
consideration of his services in 1764"; and the government was
accordingly settled on the Rajah and his posterity, or to his heirs, on
the same footing on which it was granted to his said father, excepting
the addition aforesaid to the tribute, with an express provision "that
_no increase_ shall ever hereafter be demanded." And the grant and
stipulation aforesaid was further confirmed by the said Sujah ul Dowlah,
under the Company's guaranty, by the most solemn and awful form of oath
known in the Mahomedan religion, inserted in the body of the deed or
grant; and the said Warren Hastings, strongly impressed with the opinion
of the propriety of protecting the Rajah, and of the injustice, malice,
and avarice of the said Sujah Dowlah, and the known family enmity
subsisting between him and the Rajah, did declare, in his report to the
Council, as follows: "I am well convinced that the Rajah's inheritance,
and perhaps his life, are no longer safe than while he enjoys the
Company's protection, which is his due by the ties of justice and the
obligations of public faith."

VI. That some time after the new confirmation aforesaid, that is to say,
in the year 1774, the Governor-General and Council, which had been
formed and the members thereof appointed by act of Parliament, did
obtain the assignment of the sovereignty paramount of the said
government by treaty with the Nabob of Oude, by which, although the
supreme dominion was changed, the terms and the conditions of the tenure
of the Rajah of Benares remained; as the said Nabob of Oude could
transfer to the East India Company no other or greater estate than he
himself possessed in or over the said zemindary. But to obviate any
misconstruction on the subject, the said Warren